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Adventure travel, photography, and paddle boarding from the perspective of Paul Clark SUPPAUL
Montgomery Whitewater
'Sup everyone, I'm Paul Clark SUPPAUL.
In this episode, we're in Alabama running rivers on paddle boards at the Montgomery Whitewater Center.
This is a perfect park to advance your skills as a whitewater SUP paddler.
If new to the sport, stay in the upper pool to learn how to be balanced on your board in swirly water.
Intermediate paddlers can choose either the "Adventure" or "Comp" channels to improve the fundamentals of whitewater paddleboarding, including peeling in and out of eddies, hitting drops, surfing, and recovering from swims.
Advanced paddlers can lap the Comp channel, getting big water experience and master recovering from swims.
Because the current is fast and the eddies are powerful even the best paddlers will swim. Be humble and enjoy the experience. You will become a stronger and more confident paddler.
A few things to know before going.
* Montgomery Whitewater does outfit for flatwater paddle boarding in the bottom pool. You will have to bring your own whitewater gear, including river-specific paddle boards.
* No fixed-fin paddle boards are allowed on the conveyor belt taking you from the bottom to the top pool.
* This is a whitewater sport, so wear the appropriate gear including helmet, PFD, and shoes.
* If you choose to wear a leash, be sure to wear a QUICK RELEASE LEASH SYSTEM ABOVE YOUR WAIST. Like every river, never wear a leg/ankle leash in moving water.
I've been to many whitewater parks in the US. Montgomery Whitewater is wonderful because of the complexity of the channels, the ease of access, and the warm staff. After paddling, enjoy a cold beer.
To listen to the SUPPAUL Podcast episode about Montgomery: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/xu9w7kAc8Jb
Thanks for watching.
Get a Hala Paddle Board:
halagear.com/?ref=SUPPAUL
My site is www.suppaul.com/
Instagram: suppaul.media
Twitter: suppaulclark
FB Page: suppaulclark (but rarely on FB these days)
In this episode, we're in Alabama running rivers on paddle boards at the Montgomery Whitewater Center.
This is a perfect park to advance your skills as a whitewater SUP paddler.
If new to the sport, stay in the upper pool to learn how to be balanced on your board in swirly water.
Intermediate paddlers can choose either the "Adventure" or "Comp" channels to improve the fundamentals of whitewater paddleboarding, including peeling in and out of eddies, hitting drops, surfing, and recovering from swims.
Advanced paddlers can lap the Comp channel, getting big water experience and master recovering from swims.
Because the current is fast and the eddies are powerful even the best paddlers will swim. Be humble and enjoy the experience. You will become a stronger and more confident paddler.
A few things to know before going.
* Montgomery Whitewater does outfit for flatwater paddle boarding in the bottom pool. You will have to bring your own whitewater gear, including river-specific paddle boards.
* No fixed-fin paddle boards are allowed on the conveyor belt taking you from the bottom to the top pool.
* This is a whitewater sport, so wear the appropriate gear including helmet, PFD, and shoes.
* If you choose to wear a leash, be sure to wear a QUICK RELEASE LEASH SYSTEM ABOVE YOUR WAIST. Like every river, never wear a leg/ankle leash in moving water.
I've been to many whitewater parks in the US. Montgomery Whitewater is wonderful because of the complexity of the channels, the ease of access, and the warm staff. After paddling, enjoy a cold beer.
To listen to the SUPPAUL Podcast episode about Montgomery: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/xu9w7kAc8Jb
Thanks for watching.
Get a Hala Paddle Board:
halagear.com/?ref=SUPPAUL
My site is www.suppaul.com/
Instagram: suppaul.media
Twitter: suppaulclark
FB Page: suppaulclark (but rarely on FB these days)
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Lame
That is insane. You saved this guys life. Respect
All it takes is one skater
Why are they SUPing ing Gatorade?
It is so dang fun to see all of these sports progressing exponentially. I just wish I was 30 years old again. 😂
Better than breakdancing😊😊😅
Whitewater. I‘m in stitches.
Rad
Looks fun.
Did a small one early summer, just had the thought last night - rapids must be a thing - here we are
Looks fun but not everything is a sport or a sporting event! You look like clowns goofing around why do we need to act like some how they won something from this or some how this is a sport!
We surfed,we skated , now this (“,) keep rolling
I don't know what the fuck i did with my life... Ok... Recapitulate: it's wednesday ;)
This video makes me think paddle boarding would be a great way to learn how or to start surfing....
Surfing eddys was my favorite kayak thing to do.
Well now, that looks like a hoot. Too bad I'm too old and broken to give it a try
That’s the beauty of this sport. Now that we are too old for class 5 rafting, we can still have a blast on class 2 with a paddle board!!
I'm 74 with two knee replacements, reformed deck boater now paddling SUP. Paddle boarding will make you feel 60 again.
Man.. bought sup on sale to putz around the lake... Now I'm adding accessories to my cart and figuring out safety tips and watching videos like this.. looks way more fun
And he's having a blast while doing it! What a legend
😮
Amazing paddle board rescue. Shout out to the hero! ❤
We had so much fun there it's awesome try if I'm almost 65 white female went with Mt daughters church we had so much fun❤I'd go back again
Cool!
Shit happens fast, FB9 and Big Laurel are my to favorite runs
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That was wild to watch man, what a great rescue. Definitely good to think about how to react in these situations, thanks for posting!
This is so educational! Thank you for posting and saving his life.
did i just see you blow up your board by mouth? that must take forever.
Thanks for this clarification of a very important topic.
Did you have a go at Tutea?
Looks fun 🤙
bro hit it like a handrail! this sport is evolving fast!
Can someone do a video what happens, wenn an ISup at 15psi blew up in a car(windows closed)? would be interesting
good rescue !! the victim was almost incoherent... you got him just in time. any update ??
Heck yea!!
Good job! Well done gentlemen 💪
Where can I find the cost of "wwpass"?
That was sick!!!!!!!
I'm glad to be not a competitive person, because seeing someone doing a frontslide with a SUP board would make me sell all my stuff and change sport 😅 very impressive paddling, and great video as usual!! 🙂🙂
crazy, you were perfect in the rescue. congratulations you are great
Holy crap. How long had he been able to hang on like that? Well done.
Amazing balance!
Very nice video. Excellent work capturing the bueaty of the gourge.
Good job
Great save!
I’ve seen a death close up from a strainer and this is so hard to watch and at the same time so good to see. Thanks for posting this.
Wow, what a rescue! And that’s a different pin situation then I've seen before - I’d be curious to hear how he wound up stuck downstream of the log.
Please turn on autocaptions in youtube.
So glad you guys were there to save Baker. Thanks for pulling the Grab Loop. Amen
Holy shit that was awesome! I’m buying y’all a round if I ever run into you
Good save!
Exceptionally good rescue. Good communication, timely decision making. That very well hidden log in a relatively innocuous rapid is why you should NEVER paddle alone. The boater was extremely lucky that you got to him when you did.